Employment in professional and business services increased by 62,000 inApril. Since a recent low point in September 2009, employment in thisindustry has grown by 1.5 million. In April, employment in temporary helpservices edged up by 21,000. Employment grew in architectural andengineering services (+7,000) and in computer systems design and relatedservices (+7,000).

Retail trade employment rose by 29,000 over the month. General merchandisestores added 21,000 jobs in April but has shown no definitive trend in recentmonths. Employment in building material and garden supply stores continued totrend up; the industry has added 19,000 jobs since December.

Health care continued to add jobs (+19,000) in April. Within the industry,employment in ambulatory health care services, which includes home health careand offices of physicians, rose by 15,000.

Within leisure and hospitality, employment in food services and drinkingplaces continued to trend up (+20,000) in April. Since February 2010, foodservices and drinking places has added 576,000 jobs.

Manufacturing employment continued to trend up (+16,000) in April, withjob growth in fabricated metal products (+6,000) and machinery (+5,000).Since its most recent employment low in January 2010, manufacturing hasadded 489,000 jobs, largely in durable goods manufacturing.